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Stayed for three days, using as a base to tour Western Cape. Apart from road maintenance inconveniences, we loved the area and all the places we could reach and visit; good variety of restaurants locally, and a good place to chill

The drive along Chapman's Peak that brings you to Hout Bay is an engineering wonder that is worth it every single time you do it. Hout Bay has a rustic, peaceful feel about it that is pretty unique in the Cape Peninsula

I stayed in Hout Bay with friends and found the little beach town to be charming. There are little shops and restaurants and a few beachfront cafes. The beach is wide and flat, but the water is very cold.

Hout Bay is a valley on the Atlantic seaboard about 20 K from downtown Cape Town. It's an area populated by both beach bungaloes and larger homes. This area developed as a result of the need for timber to repair ships who have anchored in Table Bay before continuing on to the spice islands to the East and the Orient....
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Wonderful place to visit, but when you dig a little deeper & look at the sea from on high on a clear day you can see the SEWAGE outfall in the bay - not far from where people go diving with seals. Whales & dolphins also visit the bay & have to suffer our constant untreated effluent discharges.

Hout Bay is like going back in time to a traditional fishing village.
It has a very relaxed,laid back atmosphere,where you see seals sunning themselves on the harbor rocks.
If you want to go out on the boats to seal island then its better to go earlier in the day,as usually towards the afternoons the sea is rough and the...
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Driving down from Chapman's Peak where you took amazing photos of Hout Bay, down to the the Hout Bay Hotel for an excellent seafood lunch, with the terrace over looking Hout Bay. Then visit the harbour, walk on the beach.

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